Pakistan Super League (PSL) will start on February 13. That is why the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has summoned all the cricketers coming to play in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) The PCB has asked the star cricketers to leave the BPL and go to Pakistan considering the demands of the franchises.

Iftikhar Ahmed, who performed brilliantly for Fortune Barisal, will leave Dhaka tonight in response to the cricket board of his country.
Fortune Barisal Media Manager Sekandar Ali said this. Barisal faced Khulna Tigers in the first match of the day at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. Iftikhar played a brilliant inning of 51 runs in the victory of Barisal.

After the game, Barisal’s media manager said, Iftekhar Ahmed, will leave Dhaka for Pakistan tonight. Iftikhar Ahmed scored the third-highest 347 runs with the help of one century and three fifties after participating in 10 matches in BPL.

Yasir Tamim’s Khulna Tigers were the first team to be eliminated from this year’s BPL season. They have been eliminated from the tournament after losing by 37 runs against Fortune Barisal.

The top four teams in the points table will go to the knockouts. Sylhet Strikers are now at the top with 16 points. Barisal in second place has 14 points. Comilla is third with 12 points, Rangpur Riders are fourth with 10 points. That is, even if Khulna wins the remaining two matches, they will not be able to overtake Rangpur. Khulna set a target of 195 runs against Barisal in a life-or-death match at Mirpur Sher Bangla National Stadium on Friday (February 3). Chasing the target, they scored 157 runs after losing 8 wickets at the end of the scheduled over. Tamim Iqbal was a shadow in the critical match of Khulna. He was a victim of Wasim with only 1 run from 3 balls. Another opener Andrew Balbarney scored 12 runs. Then Shai Hope, who played a big inning in the previous match, took the lead. Hope, who scored 91 runs against Comilla, scored 37 runs off 24 balls that day. Then it was Yasir Ali who tried to win. Nahidul Islam accompanied him for some time. But it was not enough to win. Nahidul scored 24 runs. Yasir scored 60 runs off 38 balls after being dismissed by Karim Bhangir. With that, Khulna’s dream of this year’s BPL season ended.

Earlier, Barisal scored 194 runs with the bat of Iftikhar-Shaqib and Fazle Mahmud. They scored 32 runs in the opening pair. At this time, Enamul Haque returned with a catch in the hands of Shafiqul from Von Meekeren. Fazle Mahmood scored 39 runs off 29 balls. Ibrahim Zadran was out for 23 runs. After that, Shakib and Iftikhar Ahmed formed a long pair. Barisal scored 52 runs in Shakib-Iftikhar.
The second man played somewhat defensively at the start but Shakib was aggressive. After scoring 36 off 21 balls, he was dismissed by Meekeren. The country’s best all-rounder had 4 sixes and a four in his innings.

After Shakib got out, Iftikhar stormed. The world’s best all-rounder scored 16 runs in the over. Karim Janat provided excellent support to the Pakistani batsmen. He increased the tension of the match by hitting three consecutive boundaries in the 19th over by Shafiqul Islam. At the other end, Iftikhar completed his half-century in 30 balls and finally scored 51 runs. Karim Janat made 16 out of 200 strike rates. Meekeren took 3 wickets for Dhaka. Nahidul Islam and Hasan Murad got one wicket each.

Khulna Tigers are not going to win the ninth edition of BPL. Yasir Ali Rabbi, who lost the leadership, played great innings. But that was not enough to make Khulna win. Even today they lost to Fortune Barisal by 37 runs. In this, Fortune Barisal has strengthened second place in the points table with 7 wins in 10 matches. On the other hand, Khulna remained at the bottom with only 2 wins in 10 matches.

Khulna Tigers were struggling from the beginning in the run chase. In the second over of the innings, Tamim Iqbal (1) was bowled by Mohammad Wasim. Another opener Andy Balbrain scored 12 runs before being caught by Khaled Ahmed. In the seventh over, Mahmudul Hasan Joy was bowled by Shakib Al Hasan for 48 runs. Khulna captain Shai Hope could have been stumped in that over, but wicketkeeper Enamul Haque broke the stumps without catching the victory ball! After that, However, Hope could not last long. Khaled Ahmed stopped his innings of 37 runs in 24 balls.

Former Khulna captain Yasir Ali was playing well today. Fifty took 35 balls. In the end, he fell victim to Karim Janat for 60 off 38 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Nahidul, another victim of this Afghan pacer, scored 24 off 24 balls. The gap between the run and the ball increased so much that 42 runs were needed in the last over! Naturally, it was not possible to match this figure. Two more wickets fell in that over bowled by Karim Jana. Khulna stopped at 157 runs for 8 wickets. Barisal won by 37 runs. Karim Janat took 4 wickets for 29 runs.

Earlier, Fortune Barisal scored 194 runs for 5 wickets after losing the toss in the first match of the match at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla on Friday. After a good start, they lost their first wicket for 32 runs. Enamul Haque Bijoy returned with 12 runs in 7 balls. The other opener Fazle Mahmud was batting well. At one time, it seemed like it would be fifty. However, Hasan Murad’s ball was caught by Shafiqul Islam while blowing the ball and his innings of 39 runs in 29 balls stopped. Ibrahim Zadran scored 23 runs in 23 balls.

Shakib was still in an explosive mood. Iftekhar became his companion. Shakib left as soon as the pair of two gathered. His innings of 36 runs off 21 balls with 11 fours and 4 sixes ended with Mahmudul Hasan winning the ball of Van McLaren. Iftekhar picked up the fifty off 30 balls. He remained unbeaten on 51* off 31 balls with 3 fours and sixes. In the end, Karim Janat’s cameo of 16 runs off 8 balls played an effective role.